Art Quilts of the Midwest by Linzee Kull McCray

I have an I am in the midst of a big house organization project and discovered this book amongst other things in a box and realized that while I had bought it I had never read it. That was a mistake. This is a really interesting approach to organizing quilters and their work. The author explored how deeply fiber artists were influenced by their surroundings. Focusing on midwestern art quilters in particular, she put out a call for entries and nearly 100 artists responded; they were free to define those aspects of midwesterness that most affected their work. The artists selected for inclusion in this book embrace the Midwest's climate, land, people, and culture, and if they don't always embrace it wholeheartedly, then they use their art to react to it. The emphasis in this book is on the art. These artists are not known as quilters at least in the modern quilting world. There are a lot of interesting techniques that are on display here and this and this book is inspirational if you are thinking of adding a an artistic embroidery or dyeing or printing component to your personal quilting.